Sunday, November 14, 2010

This is part 1 of many articles in the series titled “A’immah (عليهم السلام) vs. Science”. The reason I have titled this as such is not because our Imaams (عليهم السلام) go against science, rather I have titled this to show how far ahead of science our Imaams (عليه السلام) were. Part 1 of this series deals with sitting for an extended period of time in the bathroom can be one of the causes for hemorrhoids.

Translation: “And in ‘Ilal (al-Sharaa`i’ by Shaykh Sadooq) from his father from Sa’d bin Abd ‘Allaah from Al-FaDl bin ‘3aamir from Moosa bin al-Qaasim al-Bajalee from the one he mentioned from Muhammad bin Muslim. He said: ‘I heard Abaa Ja’far (عليه السلام) say, ‘Sitting long on the toilet inherits hemorrhoids.’’”

Translation: “Al-FaDl bin Al-Hasan Al-Tabrisee in Majma’ Al-Bayaan mentions a story of Luqmaan. He said: ‘And some say: ‘Verily, his master entered the exit. Then lengthened his sitting in it. Then Luqmaan called him ‘Sitting long upon necessity. It causes hepatitis from it and inherits hemorrhoids from it and elevates temperature to/for the head. Then sit ease and rise ease. He said: ‘Then he wrote his wisdom upon the door of Al-Hushsh (?).”

According to some sources, the first traces in history of this theory of sitting for a long time in the restroom being one of the causes for Hemorrhoids was founded in the year 1959, December 28, 1959 to be exact.

(Here is a picture of a newpaper article that was written by Dr. T. R. Van Dellen talking about one of the causes of being prolonged sitting in the restroom)

“Cold-Water treatment also helps the veins to shrink and tones up the walls. The treatment should be taken a day by sitting in a tub filled with cold-water up to the chin-level . Good Home Remedies for Hemorrhoids/Piles.

Cold compresses applied to the rectal area for about an hour before going to bed at night is also beneficial.”